Queen Anne Boleyn
What a great year for Tudor enthusiasts living in England! The Boleyn Blickling Festival will run from the 17th-20th May 2012 and promises to be ‘a feast of all things Anne Boleyn’.
Historians, novelists, costumiers and musicians will all come together to celebrate the life of Queen Anne Boleyn, who most of today’s historians (the debate about her year of birth has raged for centuries!) believe was born at Blickling.
Confirmed speakers include Eric Ives, Alison Weir, Suzannah Dunn, Sarah Gristwood, David Loades, George Bernard, Neil Storey, Suzannah Lipscomb and Harriet Castor.
I don’t think this is an event I can miss, so I am working very hard to get there… More on this to follow soon.
Visit the Boleyn Festival Blickling for more information.
Queen Katherine Parr Quincentenary, Sudeley Castle
2012 is also 500 years since the birth of Katherine Parr and Sudeley Castle is celebrating the life of this Tudor queen – who lived, died and is entombed on their grounds – by hosting a range of historical, literary and musical events throughout the year.
Highlights include Tudor family fun days, guest lectures, a champagne reception with Dr David Starkey, a Tudor banquet and the grand finale – a recreation of Katherine Parr’s funeral.
For information on dates, times and events please visit Sudeley Caste.
Sudeley Castle in one my favourite places in the world and I would love to be a part of these celebrations.
Be sure to let me know if you’ll be attending any of these wonderful events.
It sounds a wonderful event, but alas one more that I won’t be able to make, so I will wait patiently for you, or someone who posts, to give a blow by blow account on the wonder of it all.
Hi Natalie, I am hoping to join in the celebrations at Sudeley Castle in April, shortly after the Spring openening so hopefully it will not be too busy. I would be happy to give an account of the festivities. It will be my first trip to the Castle.